EditorialKetubah, Jewish marriage contract, from Meshed, Iran, early 19th. Written in Arabic and Persian to conform to the customs of the Moslems of Meshed. There was always a secret ketubah written in Aramaic and Hebrew. Paper, 88 x 60 cm.
EditorialSide Chair, 1730?50, Made in New York, United States, American, Walnut, maple, white pine, 38 5/8 x 22 x 21 1/2 in. (98.1 x 55.9 x 54.6 cm), Furniture, Among the most ambitious of all early Queen Anne side chairs, this example has stiles with compound ...
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialSide Chair, 1730?50, Made in New York, United States, American, Walnut, maple, white pine, 38 5/8 x 22 x 21 1/2 in. (98.1 x 55.9 x 54.6 cm), Furniture, Among the most ambitious of all early Queen Anne side chairs, this example has stiles with compound ...
EditorialMan in a Long-sleeved Coat, ca. 1598, Attributed to Iran, Ink on paper, H. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm), Codices, Riza-yi `Abbasi (Persian, ca. 1565?1635), This exceptionally fine drawing in red ink contains an all-but-faded signature, 'Riza', below the figure...
EditorialKetubah, Jewish marriage contract, from Meshed, Iran, early 19th. Written in Arabic and Persian to conform to the customs of the Moslems of Meshed. There was always a secret ketubah written in Aramaic and Hebrew. Paper, 88 x 60 cm.